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Published in 23/05/2019 11:36
Londa Schiebinger, Professor of History at Stanford, says privileging male over female is an obstacle to scientific and technological development.
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Published in 16/05/2019 16:59
In an interview given to Agência FAPESP, France Córdova spoke about initiatives designed to stimulate women to rise to leadership positions in academia, and how science can help us dispel myths and understand the true nature of things.
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Published in 07/05/2019 17:01
US economist and sustainability expert Jeffrey Sachs stressed the need to integrate science, engineering and public policy in a video address to the annual meeting of the Global Research Council in São Paulo.
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Published in 06/05/2019 14:56
Research funding agencies should not confine themselves to conventional means of communication if they want to reach the younger generation, says ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon.
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Published in 06/05/2019 14:40
Organizations in the Asia-Pacific region are developing ways to make grant approval procedures more transparent and to encourage young researchers to follow a long-term career in science.
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Published in 03/05/2019 18:36
Global Research Council’s annual summit turns its spotlight to women’s participation in research. Gender Working Group posts survey online to collect data from all five continents.
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Published in 03/05/2019 16:32
Results of survey involving more than 1,000 researchers were presented to 8th Annual Meeting of Global Research Council in São Paulo.
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Published in 03/05/2019 15:42
FAPESP’s Scientific Director, Brito Cruz is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Science and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Published in 03/05/2019 14:44
Heads of funding agencies attending the Global Research Council’s annual meeting discussed the growing demand to show society practical results and highlighted the importance of short- and long-term assessments of the impact of scientific production.
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Published in 03/05/2019 12:28
The proposal is to find a balance in funding between research that delivers societal and economic impacts and research that advances knowledge.
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Published in 02/05/2019 21:00
Representatives of several initiatives that support the movement for open access and seek to revolutionize the academic publishing system meet in São Paulo and announce a statement of principles.
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Published in 02/05/2019 18:05
Peter Strohschneider, President of the German Research Foundation, stresses in an interview that the funding agencies represented by the Global Research Council should contribute to the creation of an international system that supports free, open, productive and impactful research.
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Published in 02/05/2019 15:45
Analysis of 31 partnered research programmes conducted by nine funding agencies is presented to 8th Annual Meeting of Global Research Council in São Paulo.
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Published in 29/04/2019 16:36
Statement of Principles will be issued in São Paulo during annual meeting of Global Research Council attended by representatives of 50 countries.
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